All the Stars and Boulevards is the debut album from Augustana

Augustana (band)

Augustana is an American rock band from San Diego, California who are signed to the Epic Records record label. They are best known for their singles, "Boston" and "Sweet and Low."-Beginning years:...

, a Californian piano rock band. The album was released September 6, 2005 by Epic Records

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The album's release went largely unnoticed at the time. However, the single "Boston

Boston (song)

"Boston" is a song by American rock band Augustana, from their 2005 album All the Stars and Boulevards. It was originally produced in 2003 by Stephen Short for Midwest Skies and Sleepless Mondays and was later re-recorded with producer Brendan O'Brien for All the Stars and Boulevards...

" was used during an episode of the CW

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 series One Tree Hill

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in 2006 and propelled the band into national prominence. As a result, the song was used in several other MTV

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 and VH1

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 shows, and Augustana was selected as a "You Oughta Know" band by VH1. The album was then selectively re-released September 12, 2006. "Boston" continued to be used on television into 2007, including in episodes of the series Scrubs

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, Shark

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, and The Big Bang Theory

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Track listing

All tracks are credited to Augustana.

1. "Mayfield" – 3:16
2. "Bullets" – 3:11
3. "Hotel Roosevelt" – 3:50
4. "Boston" – 4:06
5. "Stars and Boulevards" – 4:21
6. "Feel Fine" – 3:45
7. "Wasteland" – 3:59
8. "Lonely People" – 3:48
9. "Sunday Best" – 3:22
10. "California's Burning" – 3:45
11. "Coffee and Cigarettes" – 4:02

Re-release

The re-released version of the album includes a re-mixed version of "Wasteland," a new track titled "Marie," and live acoustic versions of "Boston" and "Stars and Boulevards."

Musicians

Augustana is Dan Layus, Josiah Rosen, Jared Palomar, and Justin South.

• Dan Layus – vocals, guitar
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  , piano
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• Josiah Rosen – guitar, vocals
• Jared Palomar – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , vocals, keys
  Keyboard instrument
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• Justin South – drum
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  s, percussion
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• Brendan O'Brien
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   – keyboards, percussion, background vocals
  Backing vocalist
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  , mandolin
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  , slide guitar
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Production

• Produced
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   and mixed
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   by Brendan O'Brien
• All songs recorded
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   by Nick Didia
• Second engineer: Karl Egsieker
• Additional engineering: Billy Bowers
• Assistant engineer: Tom Tapley
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME
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• A&R
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  : Pete Giberga
• A&R coordinator: Samantha Benerofe
• Management: Michael Rosenblatt and Stephen Short
  Stephen Short
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  for That Guy Management (currently known as Ping Pong Music)